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Lucky Country

from Hymnbook Volume 1 by Catholic Guilt

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A song about displaced people, both at home and abroad and the inhumane way many of us have been taught to treat them. This song is a call to arms for those who dare to care.

lyrics

A hundred bodies
in space wide enough for a ghost,
Desperate souls hunkered down,
beneath the decks of a leaking boat.
The myth of freedom keeps spirits afloat,
A dangerous passage taken in the name of misguided hope.

On the horizon their salvations flag appears,
The welcoming party speaks in an accent
Foreign to their ears,
but the tone is universal, it’s one they’ve come to know,
although they made it to these waters, they’ll never call them home.

Oh, it’s what we’re taught to do,
Deny the needs of the many,
protect wants of a few.
That’s what we’re taught to do.

Tent city set up in the middle of the CBD
refuge for all those living outside of the dream,
Pretend you cannot hear their pleas,
Be sure to avert your eyes, maybe spare some coins
to wipe your conscience clean, remain comfortable in the lie

These aren’t our values,
No I was brought up to believe,
that we had plenty of plains to share with those who came across the seas
That if a neighbour was in trouble, we’d all chip in and help them out
Not legislate a loophole or leave it someone else.

Oh, it’s what we’re taught to do,
Deny the needs of the many,
protect the wants of a few.
That’s what we’re taught to do.
It’s what we’re teaching our children too
It’s what we’re taught to do

Pacific waters are no place for children’s graves,
and detention centres aren’t a place for their living ghosts.
No citizen of this country should be without a home
Or be demonized for not being able to afford one of their own.

credits

from Hymnbook Volume 1, released April 6, 2018
Vocals - Brenton Harris
Guitars/Vocals - Bryce Novotny
Guitar - James Gracie
Drums - Dan Maio

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Ash Daws and Evan Lee at The Loud Noise Estate

(C) 2018 Catholic Guilt

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